As a secular, atheist individualist I disagree with a lot of what you write including that individualism is destroying America. But at least you're explicit about being collectivist. Far too many collectivists speak as if individualism doesn't exist, or is invalid or some kind of mental defect. There are collectivist christians and collectivist atheists, and individualist christians and individualist atheists. They're orthogonal dimensions of thought.
Jeanne's posts go where none dare follow. The uber intellectual stuff is mostly over my head but the beauty here is that you can discuss without condemnation. She's doing her job if an old reader like me chooses to google and refresh definitions of Individualism and Collectivism. I even read up a bit on what it means to be a collectivist Christian after your comment Jason in Tuscon. :) To be fair, she added folks lack of empathy describing her belief concerning individualism.
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As a secular, atheist individualist I disagree with a lot of what you write including that individualism is destroying America. But at least you're explicit about being collectivist. Far too many collectivists speak as if individualism doesn't exist, or is invalid or some kind of mental defect. There are collectivist christians and collectivist atheists, and individualist christians and individualist atheists. They're orthogonal dimensions of thought.
Jeanne's posts go where none dare follow. The uber intellectual stuff is mostly over my head but the beauty here is that you can discuss without condemnation. She's doing her job if an old reader like me chooses to google and refresh definitions of Individualism and Collectivism. I even read up a bit on what it means to be a collectivist Christian after your comment Jason in Tuscon. :) To be fair, she added folks lack of empathy describing her belief concerning individualism.